Sewer:

"Jessica Leigh Hester leads readers through the past, present, and future of the system humans have created to deal with our own waste, and argues that sewers can be seen as a mirror to the world above at a time when our behaviors are drastically reshaping the environment for the worse. What ca...

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Main Author: Hester, Jessica Leigh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Bloomsbury Academic 2022
Series:Object lessons
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:"Jessica Leigh Hester leads readers through the past, present, and future of the system humans have created to deal with our own waste, and argues that sewers can be seen as a mirror to the world above at a time when our behaviors are drastically reshaping the environment for the worse. What can underground pipes tell us about human eating habits and the spread or containment of disease, such as COVID-19? Why are sewers spitting out plastic and trash into waterways around the world? How are clogs getting gnarlier and more numerous? Sifting through the muck offers a fresh way to approach questions about urbanization, public health, infrastructure, ecology, sustainability, and consumerism—and what we value. Without understanding sewers, any attempt to steward the future is incomplete."
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (200 Seiten)
ISBN:9781501379536
9781501379529
9781501379512
DOI:10.5040/9781501379536

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